Dog Days was one of those novels that literally fell on my lap! I did not know the author nor was I aware of the series. However it was a YA series and it has been a while since I have read something innocent written for young adults.

The beginning has some resembles with Twilight and Shiver, but the first thing that came to my mind was: what if Twilight was with coyote and S. Meyer actually wrote characters with personality? 

The resembles kind of stop in the middle of the first book and there isn’t actually much of a love triangle while there are two male protagonists: Cooper and Archer, Archer is most of the time seen more as an enemy through the eyes of Lou rather than someone she feels attracted to. Basically Lou has to move with her mother to her grannie’s house due to her father’s death (1st resemblance), then when she arrives she is the new girl at school and she is partened with Cooper for her biology/chemistry class (2nd resemblance), she does some research to understand why everybody is demanding her to stay away from Cooper (but kudos to Lou who goes to the library instead of Google) and they both first kiss on Lou’s house (last resemblance). Once again the similarities stop here and I’m glad because Sierra does not need to follow S. Meyer’s steps. Girl, you can write! You can create plot and interesting characters with personality. Leave Meyer be.

Another thing that this does way better than Twilight is the fact that stuff happens! Both Lou and Cooper try to understand what the hell is going on in such a weird town and why is everybody keeping them apart. Lou and Cooper are very reasonable. I was glad that Lou was not brain dead, it was like reading a dialogue coming out of my sister’s mouth! And while I would love to see more love scenes between Cooper and Lou because they are a cute couple, their relationship is not insta-love but near it. While we do have an entire series dedicated to their love story I would like to see more of their romance developed. Lou is coping with a loss and Cooper is usually ignored so both try to find some peace and comprehension in each other arms - I can understand that and it is the only reason why I root for them. Because they have a huge task in hands to solve. It is not so much surviving but more going against all odds to be with the person you love. Because it feels right, it has to be that way.

So if you enjoy paranormal YA, I’d say give it a try, the first two books are very easy to read, the first 50 pages nearly fly, there are some slow moments but the fact that stuff keeps happening makes the novels nearly impossible to put down. Also if you miss Twilight or Shiver and are clearly going insane because you have nothing to read, this series are for you!